Engineered for Automotive Demands

Automotive Part Attachment Tapes

Achieve durable, clean, high-strength automotive bonds that flex with your design. Muir’s offering of acrylic foam tapes are engineered for extreme temperatures, tough substrates, and production line speed.

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Stronger Bonds. Smarter Builds

Mechanical fasteners and liquid adhesives can slow you down

Bolts distort surfaces. Rivets rattle. Liquid adhesives take too long to cure and leave too much room for error. For automotive engineers and buyers, those weaknesses aren’t just frustrating—they’re expensive.

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Replace Screws, Rivets, and Glue with Cleaner, Faster Bonds

Acrylic foam tape is trusted across the automotive sector for a reason. It absorbs vibration, flexes with substrates, and forms a long-lasting seal—even on painted, coated, or low-energy surfaces.

Use Automotive Acrylic Foam Tape When You Need:

  • Faster assembly with no cure time or cleanup

  • Stronger performance across extreme temperatures (–40°C to 150°C / –40°F to 302°F)

  • Cleaner appearance with no holes, drips, or visible fasteners

“Muir’s acrylic foam tapes solved our trim detachment issue across two models. No rework, no downtime, and the finish looked OEM-clean.”

— Lead Program Engineer, Canadian Auto Manufacturer

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Why Top Auto Manufacturers Trust Acrylic Foam Tape

  • 70% of new vehicles now use foam tapes instead of mechanical fasteners

  • OEM-tested and approved for exterior and interior bonding

  • Delivers up to 200 lbs/in² of holding strength

  • Proven to reduce NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) in automotive applications

Key Benefits of Automotive Acrylic Foam Tape

Bonds to painted metal, clear coat, glass, ABS, and composites

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Resistant to weather, UV, fuel, and chemicals

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Maintains elasticity across heat and cold cycles

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Replaces rivets, screws, and liquid adhesives

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Where It’s Used

Camera and sensor mounting

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Emblems, nameplates, and body side mouldings

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Seals, gaskets, spoilers, and mirrors

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Interior panel bonding and dashboard applications

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Popular Automotive Acrylic Foam Tape Products

Choose from high-performance options tailored to your application:

  • 3M™ EX Series - Designed for traditional, medium surface energy and scratch- and mar-resistant paint systems

  • 3M™ GT Series - Provides excellent adhesive performance during shrinkage and elongation of the plastic part caused by temperature change

  • 3M™ PT Series - Features two adhesives – one on each side of the tape for effective bonding

  • 3M™ PX Series - A high-performance tape for primerless bonding to LSE and MSE substrates and paints

  • 3M™ RT Series - A versatile tape for attaching parts such as spoilers, body side mouldings and roof ditch mouldings

  • Custom Automotive Foam Tapes – Engineered to your exact width, thickness, and liner needs, with and without extended liner

Is 3M™ VHB™ the Same as Automotive Acrylic Foam Tape?

Automotive Acrylic Foam Tape

3M™ VHB™ Tape

Use Case:

Designed for trim, sensors, emblems, seals, vehicle assemblies

Signs, electronics, general bonding

Materials:

Metal, glass, plastic, composites

Paint, ABS, clear coat, auto metals

Muir Guide

Discover 3M™'s Acrylic Foam Tapes & Acrylic Plus Tapes

Looking for reliable, high-performance solutions for exterior trim attachment?

Download the 3M™ guide to explore advanced bonding solutions, designed to withstand the elements.

Precision. Speed. Partnership.

Why Manufacturers Choose Muir

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24 Hour Standard Quotes

Get a fast, no-fluff estimate in 1 business day (custom specs may vary).

Quick Quotes in 24 Hours

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Cutting-Edge Precision

When manual setups wasted time, we built ExactEdge™ to eliminate guesswork. Explore it!

ExactEdge™

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Enjoy faster delivery, every time you order.

Consistent reorders unlock guaranteed on-time delivery, ensuring smooth production and rewards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. We offer specific LSE adhesive systems designed for tough automotive plastics—no primer needed.

  • Most quotes are returned within 48 hours, with clear specs and custom converting options.

  • Absolutely. We offer kiss-cut parts, tabs, spooled rolls, or slit-to-width formats to match your automation setup.

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Let’s Find the Right Bond

Not sure if 3M VHB tape is the right fit? We’ll help you choose.

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